#WhatIsMOAD

The name moad (pronounced as /mōd/ ) is an abbreviation for mother of all desktops. We have created a compact, no compromise workstation to handle the toughest computational challenges. The project was conceived to tackle cancer research problems using machine learning.

​We realized very quickly that GPU powered computing is a necessity for serious machine learning tools and almost all cloud infrastructures seriously lag-behind in this technology. After realizing the true potential of moad, we decided to share it with the world. The revolutionary technology inside moad has a huge range of applications. Whether it is artificial intelligence or computational simulation or virtual reality, the powerful engineering allows moad to tackle these challenges with ease.

The first product of moad is Ada (Advanced development for artificial intelligence). ​

Powered by an Intel server grade CPU featuring up to 22 cores, the moad is a server designed for machine learning tasks of any size and complexity. It also features a powerful workstation GPU from Nvidia.

By combining a powerful CPU and a GPU, we have achieved an incredible 22 teraflops of half precision compute (FP16) in just 22 liters of volume. In addition to half precision (FP16), moad hardware also supports 11 teraflops of single precision (FP32) compute and 6 teraflops of double precision (FP64) compute.* The support of very fast dual precision compute means even for complex workloads that require these highly precise calculations, our workstation handles them with ease. These include tasks like finite element modeling, computational simulations for finance, healthcare, engineering and energy industry.

Moad Ada can also handle 4K video editing, virtual reality (VR) content creation, game development and complex rendering tasks with great speed and efficiency.

A dual redundant hot-swap near-line storage of up to 30TB, and an integrated 4TB super-fast solid state internal storage means our users don't have to worry about storage space anxiety. All of the components used in moad are industry standard and industry leading designs. For the grease monkeys out-there, it means: fully user up-gradable parts. We wanted to give our users a true running start especially for building machine learning applications. Therefore every moad supports the best machine learning platforms out-there. ​

At <$25 per-day**, moad is cost competitive even when compared to cloud services like Google Cloud Platform or Amazon EC2.

Hurry and buy the latest moad Ada from our store, and the system ships in 30 days or less***. Supplies are limited.

Happy moading!

(* For peak floating point calculations, both the CPU and GPU utilization were optimized using specially compiled software and needs support of extensions like AVX2 and CUDA. The moads come pre-installed with Linux and can be ordered with an optional Windows 10 professional installation. Due to platform differences, we recommend moad with Windows for content creators and game developers. ** Total cost of ownership for the hardware estimated over an ownership period of four years.***7 to 14 days of processing the order.)